On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

enable font-lock-mode

either

M-x font-lock-mode

or in your new .emacs file

(global-font-lock-mode 1)

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
I lost the font color in c++-mode after I deleted the .emacs file mistakenly. What do I need in my .emacs in order to display different colors in c++-mode? Thanks.

Shiyuan

font-lock should be on by default no? (At least in recent emacses)
So... Whats your emacs-version? ie M-x emacs-version
And what is the behavior when you start it with emacs -Q foo.cpp?